For the past few months, Wagoner (Okla.) defensive back Kerwin Thomas was waiting and hoping for a scholarship offer from Tulsa, and on the morning of National Signing Day, it happened.

"It felt really good," he told InsideTulsaSports.com on Wednesday afternoon. "It just felt like a wave of stress coming off of my shoulders knowing I'm going somewhere I've dreamed of going since ninth grade. At church there is this lady that...